Public Safety

What’s A Prescribed Burn … How Does It Help Wildlife?

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Professional wildlife fire specialists at work. Photo by Cody Johnston/NMG&F

NMG&F News:

Fire as a management tool, when planned and controlled by professional wildland fire specialists, can be an extremely efficient and practical way for habitat biologists and land managers to promote positive change in a habitat and yield numerous benefits on the landscape.

Before human intervention fires helped shape landscapes and habitats and it has only been through modern land use practices that we have deprived landscapes of fire.

However, with the use of prescribed fire as a management Read More

FBI: Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Girlfriend In Indian Country

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Troy Livingston, 20, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Bread Springs, N.M., pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Albuquerque to second degree murder in Indian Country.

According to his plea agreement and other court records, Livingston beat Jane Doe, his girlfriend and the mother of his young child, with his hands, feet, and a metal flashlight, which inflicted severe injuries to her head, face and body.

Livingston admitted that he killed Jane Doe with malice aforethought and that he acted with callous and wanton disregard for human life. The Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Cases Now At 21,965 With 6 New Death And 9,166 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 197 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County remains at 20 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update announces 6 additional death reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:

  • 32 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 8 new cases in Chaves County
  • 14 new cases in Cibola County
  • 1 new case in Colfax County
  • 17 new cases in Curry County
  • 50 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 6 new cases in Eddy County
  • 12 new cases in Lea County
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Traffic Alert: Water Line Break On Los Pueblos Street

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities water crews are responding to a water line break on Los Pueblos Street west of Bonita Place on Barranca Mesa. 

Customers in the area are experiencing low to no water pressure. 

Excavation is occurring on the north side of the street with some impacts to west bound traffic at the construction zone. 

Crews estimate that water services will be restored by 6 p.m. today.
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AFT New Mexico Seeks Temporary Restraining Order Against Gallup-McKinley County Schools

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AFT President Randi Weingarten

 

AFT News:

…Petitioners Seek District Compliance with NM Public Education Department Order

ALBUQUERQUE– American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers New Mexico President Stephanie Ly, and McKinley County Federation of United School Employees (MCFUSE) President Patrice Carpenter and Executive Vice President Brian Bernard released the following statement:

“McKinley County Federation of United School Employees, Local #3313, AFT-NM (the “Union”), has filed an action today seeking injunctive

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Cone Zone: Week Of Aug. 10, 2020  

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COUNTY News:

The Public Works/Traffic Division provides the latest updates on the following projects:

Public Works Department:

Diamond Drive near the Golf Course  

A contractor will be conducting soils boring operations alongside Diamond Drive at the Golf Course. No traffic impediments are expected, but drivers will see signage and cones along the shoulders alerting them to construction in the area.

Lane Closure on Sherwood Boulevard

Motorists can expect a lane closure and flagging operations on Sherwood Boulevard as work begins on the Pinon Park Splash Pad project. The contractor will

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FBI: Fugitive On The Lam For Decades Nabbed In Española

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FBI News:

Luis Archuleta, (aka Larry Pusateri), a former Colorado resident wanted by the FBI since 1977 on a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution/confinement, has been apprehended and is being returned to Colorado following his arrest Wednesday in Española.

Special Agents from the Albuquerque FBI Division, working with the Española Police Department, arrested Archuleta.

A federal arrest warrant was issued for Archuleta in 1977 on charges stemming from his escape from a Colorado Department of Corrections facility in 1974. At the time of his escape Archuleta was serving a prison Read More

New Mexico State Police Probe Double Homicide In Rio Arriba

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NMSP News:

TRES PIEDRAS — New Mexico State Police Officers were called Aug. 1 when two individuals were found deceased in their residence near Tres Piedras in Rio Arriba County.

State Police officers responded and identified the two decedents as Nathan Faccio, 46, and Nirvana Sisneros, 47.

New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate this homicide. Agents have conducted numerous interviews and executed multiple search warrants during the course of the investigation.

Agents do have a person of interest, but no arrests have been made at this time.

Anyone with information Read More

AHCA/NCAL: COVID-19 Testing Positivity Rates And PPE Supply Shortages For Nursing Homes Across Nation

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State-By-State Breakdown: COVID-19 Testing Positivity Rates Among The General Population. Courtesy/AHCA

State-By-State Breakdown: Percent Of Nursing Homes With Less Than One Week Supply Of PPE And COVID-19 Testing Positivity Rates Among The General Population. Courtesy/AHCA

AHCA News:

Using data from Johns Hopkins University, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) compiled a state-by-state breakdown of the positive COVID-19 test rate and number of nursing homes in those states.

The second page includes data, released July 30, Read More